The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-08-05

On the 9th, at the Toledo convention,
resolution was presented indorsing Shers
man for the presidency, but the Blaine
men succeeded in having it referred to the
committee on resolutions.
THE Bulgarian regents have proclaimed
amnesty to Bulgarian offenders who have
taken refuge in Turkey except those who
are charged with criminal acts.
On the 9th a delegation from Lynch
burg, Va, headed by Senator Daniel,
called on the President and invited him to
attend the State fair to be held at Lynch
burg in October next. The President
promised to consider the invitation, and
said he would give them d decided answer
at later dag,
ON the 9th the American Paper Makers
Association held its annual session at Sar.
atOga, N. Y. Hon. Byron Weston, of Dal.
ton, called the meeting to order, and made
an address of welcome. United States
Senator Dawes made an address on "Pa-
per and the Tariff"
On the 9th the schooner Matthew Muir
ray returned to Gloucester, Mass. from the
bay fishing grounds without having been
allie to catch a fare of mackerel. She tora
her seine and put into Malpeque to repair it,
but was told by the collector that to repair
the seine on shore would be preparing to
fish," and therefore unlawful. It could
not be repaired on board, so they had to
come home.
The board appointed by the Secretary
Of War, consisting OF nspector-Genera1
Farnsworth, Captain D. NJ. Taylor of the
Ordnance Department, and Mr.. Tolman,
chief of the division of requisitions and ac-
co .nts, War Department, has completed
thorough examination of the books and
accounts of Discussing Officer Yeatman of
thd War Department.. The report of the
board shows every thing to be absolutely
correct.
A COMMITTEE has been appointed at
Rome to elaborate d scheme to establish
Catholic university in America, and a COM
ference will be held on August Z, to decide
upon its location.
On the 9th ninety-four members Of the
Paris police force handed to their superior
officers silver watches bearing the en-
graved inscription, Souvenir Boulanger,
July 7th," which had been delivered at
their homes by unknown persons. The po-
lice department has ordered an inquiry.
THE United States war ship Ossipee was
aground for over an hour off the coast of
Nova Scotia on the 2sth. She was not seri-
ously injured.
THE site was selected on the 28th at Chill
licothe, Mo-, for the State Industrial Home
for Girls.
SIXTY longshoremen employed on the
National Line docks, at New York, struck
ON the 2Sth because the company had EN-
plOyed non-union men to do night work.
The company thereupon discharged all its
union employees.
THE chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry has Just made preliminary report
to the Commissioner of Agriculture iii ref.
erence to the progress of the work for the
suppression of pleurO-pneumonia for the
six months ending June 30, 1887. The total
number of herds inspected during the six
months is 5,351, containing 1905 animals;
2gS herds and IL ,628 animals have been
placed in quarantine, among which were
found 904 diseased animals. Post-mOrtem
examinations were made on the carcasses
of ,S51 animals, and showed that 1,O44 of
these have been affected with pleuro-pneu-
monia.
THE longshoremen's strike at New York
is about broken.
THE whereabouts of ''Boodler'' McGar.
igle is still unknown to the Chicago of.
ficers, although he is said to have arrived
in Canada.
A RUSSIAN commission has been ap.
pointed to investigate with a view of ex-
tinguishing alien property-holding rights.
THE surplus in the Treasury of the United
States increased during the month of July
about 100000.
GOVERNOR KNOTT of Kentucky issued an
| order to the Adjutant-G General of the State
on the 29th, directing him to send two
companies of State Guards and gatling
gun to Morehead, Rowan County, to pro-
tect the Circuit Court against the Toll
liverites.
THE imports of dry goods at the ports of
New York for the week ended July %
amounted to $3,O7O,O ,O74, of which s., 3S4, ,705
were entered for consumption, and S5S5, $3.50
were warehoused. Withdrawals from
warehouse for the week were 1851 1928, max
ing total amount marketed s., ,946 033.
GEORGE GRANT, fisherman at Gabrious,
Cape Breton, hooked a Goldfish weighing
thirty pounds on the 2Sth. When hauling
the fish into the boat, Grant was Mortified
to find in the fish's mouth the side of a
mans face, from the forehead to the chin,
covered with brown whiskers, tinged with
gray.